The criminal investigation into the death of a mentally ill Phoenix woman who was shot to death by a police officer when she advanced on him with a claw hammer, will now be handled by the Department of Public Safety.

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne will find out Tuesday if voters think three years fighting off allegations of campaign-finance violations and other negative news outweighs what he argues is a solid record of accomplishments as the state's top law enforcement official.

Hackers infiltrated Sony's PlayStation Network and disrupted the travel plans of a top company executive by going on Twitter to suggest that there was a bomb on his American Airlines plane. Sony Corp. says American cut short the executive's flight on Sunday and made an unplanned landing in Phoenix.

On Monday, the National Park Service turns 98 years old, almost as old as Arizona. In celebration of its birthday, they’re offering you a present. You can get free entry to select parks all over the country.

It’s kind of a weird time, sports-wise. Baseball pennant races are starting to heat up, although the Diamondbacks are clearly not involved. The NFL pre-season is underway, it’ll be a few weeks until the games actually mean something. But here in the Valley, this is a big sporting weekend.

For the past six years, Arizona Highways Magazine has put on a photo contest. This year’s winner, 23-year old Chikku Baiju of Chandler is actually pretty familiar with the contest - he won it in 2009-2010.

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